maconheiro

/ma.ko.ˈɲej.ɾu/

//ma.ko.ˈɲej.ɾu// adj

The verdict

“maconheiro” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #63,666 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,666
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - viciado em maconha

Corpus desk

Index PT-maconheiro · maconheiro · Portuguese

maconheiro · rank #63,666 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,666
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH mamografia

Nearest frequency peer: mamografia (+2 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “maconheiro”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “maconheiro” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for maconheiro
PropertyValue
Headwordmaconheiro
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ma.ko.ˈɲej.ɾu/
Letters10
Frequency rank#63,666
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “maconheiro” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.maconheirocai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “mamografia” (#63,668), “mancar” (#63,669), “lentilha” (#63,653). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “maconheiro” fica em #63,666. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

maconheiro is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #63,666 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ma.ko.ˈɲej.ɾu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "viciado em maconha".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for maconheiro, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is maconheiro, spelled M-A-C-O-N-H-E-I-R-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    viciado em maconha

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "maconheiro"?
"maconheiro" is spelled M-A-C-O-N-H-E-I-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ma.ko.ˈɲej.ɾu/.
What does "maconheiro" mean?
As an adjective, "maconheiro" means: viciado em maconha
How do you pronounce "maconheiro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "maconheiro" is /ma.ko.ˈɲej.ɾu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "maconheiro", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list